Heavy Snow and Disruptive Ice in the Upper Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains

A late season winter storm will produce a combination of heavy snow and disruptive ice starting this evening in the Northern Plains and moving into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes by tonight continuing through Thursday. Severe thunderstorms will likely produce severe wind gusts, large hail, a few tornadoes, and heavy rainfall across the southern and central Plains today. Read More >

On December 17th, the National Weather Service radar page received a big upgrade! You can view the new interface here at radar.weather.gov.

During the transition to the new radar web page, there have been noted issues during the transition nationally across the NWS. If you are having issues loading the new radar site, please consider the following web pages below until the issue can be resolved (early this upcoming week of December 21st):

Sorry about any inconveniences this may have caused.

The display has many new features that make some time to get familiar with. Here is a link to a short tutorial and a link to a 15 minute video to take you through the features of the new radar page.

Here is a list of frequently asked questions.

Benefits of this new page include:
- Mobile device friendly.
- High resolution radar.
- Searchable locations with the local forecast.
- Display precipitation type.
- Add radar data to your own GIS software.
...and more!

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Heavy Snow and Disruptive Ice in the Upper Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains

New National Weather Service Radar Web Page